Running-gear for vehicles.



No. 690,923. Patented Ian. I4, 1902. m. BBUNER.

RUNNING GEAR FOR VEHICLES.

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MARTIN BRUNER, OF BUOKLAND, OHIO.

RUNNlNG- GEAR FOR VEHlCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,923, dated January 14, 1902. Application filed October 15, 1901. Serial No. 78,733. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

} Beit known that I, MARTIN BRUNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buck land, in the county of Auglaize and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Running-Gear for Vehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has relation to runhing-gear for vehicles; and the object thereof is to provide a gear that will possess both strength and durability, and the distance between the axles being either lengthened or shortened to adapt the gear to hay-racks or vehicle-boxes of various lengths or sizes; and it consists in a running-gear constructed substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is atop plan view of my improved running-gear; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the section or reach formed of channel-iron; Fig. 4s, a similar View of the solid section of the reach; Fig. 5, a detail perspective View of a portion of the hounds connecting with a socket-plate at the rear of the running-gear; Fig. 6, a detail View, in perspective and partly in dotted lines, of a portion of the tongue-braces, the socket-plate, the whiffletree, and the tongue, the two latter being shown in dotted lines; Fig. 7, a detail sectional view of the extensible reach.

In the accompanying drawings, A B represent the front and rear axles of the running-gear, which may be of the usual construction, and O D the bolsters, connected thereto in any preferred manner. The hounds E are secured at their outer ends to the rear axle B and to the bolster D and are located between the same to give the hounds the required rigidity. The inner ends of the hounds are connected to a socket-plate F to receive the ends of the extensible reach sections, the section G of the reach being formed solid and preferably of wood and having a series of holes a, the outer extremity of the section having connected thereto a suitable cap= plate I) to form a stop for the end of the section H when the reach is contracted in greatest extent. The section II of the reach is formed of channel-iron and is adapted to fit over and upon the solid section G, the channel-iron section having a series of holes 0 to correspond with the holes in the solid section. The two sections G H of the reachare adapted to slide upon each other to lengthen or shorten the reach as circumstances require, said sections beingheld in their adjusted position by a suitable pin (1 entering holes 6 in the socket-plate F and also the holes in the two sections of the reach. When the reach is lengthened so that the section II will be out of engagement with the socket-plate F, the addition of a screw-bolt f and nut g are used, as shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings, so that the section II will be securely held to the section G when the former section is not supported by the socket-plate. The forward end of the channel-iron section H is, securely fastened to a flanged bracket I and the metal strap J, which bracket and strap are secured to the bolster O in any suitable manner, thereby forming a rigid and strong connection be tween the channel-iron section of the reach and the bolster.

The bracket I and strap J are separate, or, in other Words, not made of a single piece of metal, both the bracket and strap having inwardly-extending flanges at their outer ends, as shown at Z in Fig. 2 of the drawings. These flanges are made to lap the outer side of the bolster C, said bracket extending between the bolster and the axle instead of extending under the axle, and thereby forming a perfect reinforce for the bolster and also bracing the same. The bracket I has also side flanges an to embrace the sides of the reach-section H, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, said flanges being secured to the sides of the reach by suitable fastenings, the side flanges greatly strengthening the reach-section at its inner end.

The axle A is provided with clips h, to which are pivotally connected the inner ends of an gular braces K, the outer ends of said braces joining a socket-head L to receive the end of the tongue of the vehicle, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6 of the drawings The whiiffletree rests upon the socket-head L, as indi too strap M and through holes j in the socket-- head. The tongue N and whiffletree O and the whiffletree-pin It are shown in full lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and by removing the pin both the whiffletree and the tongue may be readily removed and laid away when not required for use. In the employment of the socket-head L one pin is all that is necessary to attach the whiffletree and tongue to the running-gear, both of which may be readily removed when desired.

There may be many changes or modifications in the several details of construction without in any manner departing from the principle of the invention, as any changes as would come within ordinary mechanical skill maybe resorted to without departing from the scope of the invention.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a running-gear, the combination with an extensible reach and the front bolster thereof, of a bracket having side flanges which embrace the sides of one of the reach-sections and suitably secured thereto, said bracket exhereunto subscribed my name in the presence 40 of two witnesses.

MARTIN BRUNER.

YVitnesses:

P. J. WALSHE, GEO. M. COPENHAVER. 

